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A $27 million misstatement of the Department of Communities' cash reserves is the latest example of “sloppy” financial management in the public sector, the Auditor General has warned.

The premier has rallied around the state's corrective services minister amid damning reports of restraining practices used at Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

From cost blowouts to deadline extensions, the much-vaunted plan to revitalise Perth's CBD appears to have been placed on the backburner.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads overseas to the East Asia, ASEAN, G20 and APEC summits where he will meet with his counterparts from around the world.

Helping WA's most vulnerable will mean enabling non-government providers.

Mark McGowan has backed basing more military personnel in WA as his government outlined plans to expand the state's defence industry workforce.

Greater transparency is on the way for the government's contentious market-led proposal process.

The promised movie studio development for Western Australia is now being located in Malaga and not Fremantle.

Super tax concessions are in the Albanese government's line of sight as it looks for opportunities to boost revenue and repair the budget bottom line.

The sale of WA's TAB has been shelved after the preferred bidder and the state government failed to agree to terms.

Veteran politician Alannah MacTiernan has announced she'll call time on her career at the end of this year.

Climate 200 was far and away the largest single donor to Kate Chaney's successful election campaign, with returns showing more than half her donations came courtesy of the fund.

Stalwart Labor Party minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced her resignation.

Amber-Jade Sanderson branded the nursing union's rejection of a second wages deal “disingenuous”, claiming it was now the only thing standing in the way of getting its key demand.

Jim Chalmers has acknowledged the business community may not end up in agreement with the government on its industrial relations reforms.

New data reveals just how much WA businesses contributed to the federal treasury during the pandemic, with 10 corporates paying $27.5 billion in the year to June 2021.

The federal opposition is calling on the government to allow extensive debate on controversial workplace law changes.

About 80 per cent of voting Health Services Union members have agreed to the state government's proposed wage increase.

Andrew Hastie has conceded nine years of leadership tussles affected the previous government's defence acquisitions, calling the decision to buy French submarines a mistake.

The team-building skills and discipline Andrew Hastie needed to survive on the battlefield have clear applications for his political career.

State budget surpluses north of $5 billion have sparked big public sector wage claims, but an iron ore price continuing below $US80 per tonne would mean the cash flood dries markedly.

A communications platform used by the Department of Defence has been hit by a ransomware attack.

Anthony Albanese is defending his decision to pump money into long-term investments rather than handouts for struggling families.

Roger Cook has faulted excessive visa processing times for the state's difficulties attracting international workers.

Michael Chaney has led a chorus of criticism of the federal government's proposed workplace laws, after plans for multi-employer bargaining and other changes were detailed this morning.

New laws will give workers more power to request flexible working hours while introducing controversial changes to open the way to widespread multi-employer bargaining.

The premier says the federal budget's commodity revenue windfall is down to WA.

A disagreement between two levels of government continues after John Carey overrides the council and exempted the Western Australian Cricket Association from paying rates.

Australians are facing a tough couple of years after the Albanese government's first budget warned power bills will rise and real wages will fall.

Federal government interest payments against climbing debt levels will increase from $18.1 billion this financial year, to $31.7 billion by 2025/26.

Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers announced this year's budget includes billions of dollars to subsidise childcare fees and more than $500 million to expand paid parental leave.

ANALYSIS: With tonight's budget including cursory steps towards measuring national wellbeing, Jim Chalmers has signaled a desire to change how Australians talk about government spending.